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W. A. C. OAKS.

KNIFE HEAD FOR APPLE PARING MACHINES.

No. 352,774. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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By Aniftarney UNITED STATES PATENT O ICE.

WILLIAM A. c. OAKS, OF ANTRIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR ro THE GOODELL COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

KNIFE-HEAD FOR APPLE-PARING MACHlNES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,774, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed August 26, 1385. Serial No.175,345. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. G. OAKs, of Antrim, Hillsborough county, State of New Hampshire, have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in KnifeHeads for Apple- Paring Machines, of which the following is a full and complete specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My improvement consists in constructing the paring-knife head -of an apple-paring machine knife-head, showing the depressed portion B and the edge N, which holds the guard. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the clamp E, which holds the guard in place upon the head.

A is the guard; B, the frame upon which knife and guard are set; b", the edge of frame, connecting the part supporting the knife-blade to that supporting the guard; O, the knifeblade; D D, washers; d d, screws holding the knife in place; E, clamp for holding guard in place; F, washer, and f screw for securing the clamp to the frame; H, the handle of the knife; h, eye for spring; h, socket of handle. Dotted lines b b and b b indicate edges of frame.

The head has a depressed portion, B, for the guard, leaving the rim or raised edge b.

The construction of the frame, the handle or knife-arm, and the knife-blade is'as usual. The guardis a simple rectangular piece of ordinary window-glass placed against the frame and held in place by the clamp shown, which is a piece of sheet metal bent into a bevel on the ,line 00 as, so that it may press firmly by its upper edge against the glass guard, and by reason of the bend exert a spring-pressure upon the guard when it is screwed firmly to the knife-head. The shape of this clamp may vary, of course. Fig.4 shows the bend referred to.

To assist in holding the guard firmly in plac upon "the knife-head, it may be coated on the under side with a little shellac, varnish, or other suitable cement. l

I amaware that a fruit-paring-knife head having a guard which regulates the thickness of the paring, made of silicious material, is not new, and therefore lay-no claim to the same.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Aknife-head for a fruit-paring machine, provided witha depressed portion, B", in com bination with a removable guard of suitable material, held in place by'a spring-clamp, E, secured to the head by a screw, substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

- WILLIAM A. O. OAKS. Witnesses:

O. S. ABBOTT, E. S. McCoY. 

